Not that much time has passed since the Fermi architecture was introduced to the high-end professional Quadro line of graphics cards, but Nvidia has just scaled down the number of cores in order to introduce two new offerings meant to cater to the mid-range and entry-level professional market.

I will start things off with the entry-level Quadro 600 that is based on the GF108 core and packs 96 stream processors together with 1GB of DDR3 memory and a 128-bit bus interface.

Rated at just 40W, this half-height card will be available for $199 and will feature a ultra-quiet design, according to Nvidia.

Moving on we come to the more powerful Quadro 2000 that is build on top of the GF106 core (the same GPU used in the GTS 450 desktop graphics card that we recently reviewed) and comes with 192 streaming processors together with 1GB of GDDR5 memory.

This graphics card also features a low TDP, 62W to be more precise, and packs DisplayPort connectivity, Nvidia preferring to use this technology in their professional line of graphics cards, dropping HDMI output support.

According to Nvidia the Quadro 2000 will be available for $599 making it a lot more expensive then its low-entry counterpart.

“At last month’s GPU Technology Conference, the world learned all about the power of our Fermi architecture and how NVIDIA Quadro GPUs are being used to solve some of the world’s most complex problems,” said Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions Group, NVIDIA.

“With these new Quadro solutions, we’re making this computational horsepower available for all users of professional CAD and content creation software applications.”

Apart from being available in retail these new graphics cards will also be used in workstations built by Dell, HP or Lenovo.